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Classic steak au poivre (French pepper steak) with mashed potatoes and green bean bundles
Ingredients
Utensils
peeler, knife, cutting board, 2 pots, 2 sieves, potato ricer, cooking spoon, mortar and pestle, frying pan, tongs, Meat Lover seasoning
Nutrition per serving
Step 1/5
- 500 g potatoes
- 1 shallot
- 150 g green beans
- salt
- peeler
- knife
- cutting board
- pot
Peel and dice potatoes, chop shallot, and trim green beans. Add potatoes to a pot with cold water. Add salt and cook over medium heat for approx. 15 – 20 min. or until soft.
Step 2/5
- 100 ml heavy cream
- 50 g unsalted butter
- ground nutmeg
- salt
- pot
- sieve
- potato ricer
- cooking spoon
Add cream and butter to a pot over low heat and season with salt and nutmeg. Keep it warm. Once potatoes are done, drain and use a potato ricer to purée. Add cream-butter mixture to the potatoes and mix to combine.
Step 3/5
- 6 strips bacon
- sieve
Blanch green beans for 5 min. in boiling water, then drain and rinse under cold water until cool to the touch. Wrap bacon around a bundle of green beans. Repeat the process until all green beans have been used.
Step 4/5
- 20 g black peppercorns
- 500 g filet mignon
- vegetable oil (for frying)
- mortar and pestle
- frying pan
- tongs
Crush peppercorns with a mortar and pestle and season filet mignon steaks with pepper on both sides. Add wrapped green beans to a frying pan over medium-high heat and fry for approx. 5 min. or until brown on all sides, then remove from pan. Add oil to the same pan, add steaks, and fry for approx. 3 min. on each side, then remove from pan. Add more oil and fry shallot for approx. 3 min.
Step 5/5
- 100 ml Cognac
- 200 ml heavy cream
- 30 g unsalted butter
- Kitchen Stories Meat Lover seasoning (optional)
- Meat Lover seasoning
Deglaze pan with Cognac, add remaining cream and butter and let cook until creamy, approx. 8 – 10 min. Transfer the steaks back to the pan and cook briefly. Sprinkle with our MEAT LOVER seasoning if liking, serve steaks with mashed potatoes and bacon-wrapped green beans, and drizzle with more sauce before serving. Enjoy!
Enjoy your meal!